Martin van Staden

Certainty in policy and stability in government are crucial, not only as a practical matter but also as a fundamental pillar of the rule of

A poll run on the BusinessTech website recently asked readers whether chief executive officer (CEO) salaries in South Africa should be ‘capped’. When I saw

When Pedro Mzileni started his Sowetan column (‘The Boksburg tragedy points to the destructive role of capitalism in mining’) with, ‘17 black people were confirmed

Had the entire country been forced to remain housebound in May 2019, during the general election, this would have regarded as an unequivocal act of

There has been one constant in South African constitutional discourse since the 1980s: Professor Dennis Davis. He has outlived most of his sparring partners in

Much of political philosophy can be traced back, in some form or another, to this simple question: ‘who decides?’ This is the question that Dr

In a free country the government is not the parent of society. Instead, it is an institution that safeguards a framework for voluntary interaction, cooperation,

South Africa finds itself in an economic malaise. In response, the African National Congress (ANC) government has adopted, and is in the process of adopting,

Today, I return to the Free Market Foundation – founded in 1975 – as its Head of Policy. Taking up the policy reins at South

In a well-meaning and thoughtful piece (‘Putting the Expropriation Bill into perspective – it’s not the ugly ogre some make it out to be’) Annelize